Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
A New Marine Protected Area in the Marshall Islands Is Brimming With Life, Like a ‘Time Machine’ to Oceans Long Ago
The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...
The Manila Times on MSN2d
Marshall Islands declares first marine sanctuary
The Marshall Islands declared on Tuesday its first national marine sanctuary, which protects a "pristine" expanse of the ...
Mongabay on MSN2d
Marshall Islands protects ‘pristine’ Pacific corals with first marine sanctuary
By Shanna Hanbury The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one ...
WRAL7d
Greece says 66 migrants arrive on southern island of Crete after sailing from the Libyan coast
ATHENS, Greece (AP ... Pakistan and Sudan had been rescued from the same general area by a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship on Tuesday. The coast guard said Thursday that two of the ...
The Canadian Press on MSN8d
Greek authorities say over 170 migrants picked up as arrivals from Libya increase
Greek authorities said more than 170 migrants have been picked up from rickety boats in the past three days with most found ...
New York Sun14d
Turkey, Emboldened by Fresh Entrée in Syria, Taunts Athens Anew Over Fabled Greek Islands
A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing ...
Las Vegas Sun8d
Greek authorities say more than 170 migrants picked up as arrivals from Libya increase
ATHENS, Greece (AP ... Another 45 people were rescued overnight by a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship 42 nautical miles (78 kilometers, 49 miles) south of the tiny island of Gavdos.